Asrani Quotes

I had the good fortune to be in some movies when I was younger that, for whatever reason, people identified with or related with.

When you're performing on Broadway every night, you're so much more accessible to people in the industry. Everybody is going to know who you are.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

I want to be a great actress.

It feels good to be featured in a film poster. I didn't have it in the beginning of my career.

I get stopped in the street now and asked, What do I know you from?' My first reaction is to say All Creatures' and they say no. I say Doctors' and they say That's it' because they are so young. I have no complaints.

I do good work in Pakistan. I am an A-lister actor. So, even in Bollywood I want to work with an A-lister.

Now that I do so many Hallmark Channel movies I am recognized in public all of the time.

Being a movie star is a quality that somebody sort of embodies, and being a celebrity is something that people give to you. It has to do with being recognizable, as opposed to something that people recognize in you. I just hope to make good movies. I know that sounds simple, but it's true.

I know one thing; I'll never win an Academy Award.

Indra Kumar made Madhuri Dixit famous as the 'dhak dhak' girl. It's a wonderful feeling to know that he thinks I have potential.

I would be happy if people just called me an actor.

I have proved my skills as an actress who can perform both character and glamour roles and 'Uyir' would take me to greater heights.

I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.

As much as I like being part of commercial films that give me visibility with a wide audience, and love being the glamourous girl, at the end of the day, I am an actor, and nothing can be more satisfying than being appreciated for my craft.

'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.

It's been eight years now that I have been working in Bollywood and have done everything - from item songs to character roles to reality shows.

Some people have such strong memories of me as a young actor, that it's hard to see me as anything else.

I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett.

I was offered to play an Italian part in an Italian film. Although I could not take it up because I did not have the time, the kind of characters being offered to us are changing.

For me, it was important to keep my name in 'mainstream Hollywood.'

I know a Bollywood actress' tenure is limited.

I did around 100 episodes as Ted without the band, but the 20 I did with The Blanks are the only ones anyone ever seems to remember.

Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.

I don't go by the screen time. Even if I have one or two scenes, it is essential that people remember me.